NBC Sports reported today that the Roland Garros 2011 men’s singles final match between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal posted a 2.6 rating / 7 share, the highest overnight rating for the past 12 years. It was significantly higher from last year’s data of 1.6 rating / 5 share for the Nadal vs Robin Soderling [...]

World number one Rafael Nadal retained the top ranking this week following his successful defense of the Roland Garros title in Paris on Sunday. The Spaniard defeated long-time rival Roger Federer to remain a perfect record against his Swiss opponent in their five meetings at the French Open. Nadal’s lead over Novak Djokovic of Serbia [...]

The Roland Garros 2011 Men’s Singles Final match between Rafael Nadal vs Roger Federer was a global sensation. The world witnessed top-ranked Rafael Nadal winning his sixth French Open title after beating Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6, 5-4, 6-1. This is Nadal’s 10th career Grand Slam title and his sixth French Open title haul has equal [...]

The Roland Garros 2011 Men’s Singles final match between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal is getting a lot of attention worldwide. This was evidenced by the worldwide trending of the highly anticipated match via Twitter. The hash tags “Nadal-Federer” and “#nadfed” were in the world’s top five trending topics on Twitter. The match is about [...]

The Roland Garros 2011 Men’s Singles Final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal was suspended due to rain. Nadal leads 7-5, 5-4 (40-40) and is serving for the second set. The first set was initially dominated by Federer , going 5-2 but Nadal fought back and won the next five games to close it out. [...]

China’s Li Na initially wanted to become a badminton player like her father. However, a couple of years in training, she was told by her old badminton coach that she was not made for the sport, considered as one of the most popular in China. Instead, she she was advised to play tennis. Turns out, [...]

The Canadian-Belarusian partnership of Daniel Nestor and Max Mirnyi worked perfectly well at the Roland Garros 2011 Men’s Doubles competition after the duo beat unseeded South Americans Juan Sebastian Cabal and Eduardo Schwank 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 in Saturday’s final. Nestor, who just breached the 800-win mark in doubles, was a champion in this event last [...]

The Roland Garros 2011 Men’s Singles Final match between Rafael Nadal vs Roger Federer is expected to attract hundreds of millions of viewers around the globe. Basically, the popularity of these two players has transcended beyond the realms of tennis. These two global sports icons have managed to revive the long-running rivalry by meeting in [...]

Li Na completed her campaign at the Roland Garros 2011 tournament with a title win at the Ladies Singles event after beating defending champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-4, 7-6. She became the first Chinese player – male or female – to have won a Grand Slam singles title. As the French Open 2011 Ladies [...]

Here are the list of winners for the French Open 2011 Roland Garros tournament. Men’s Singles: Rafael Nadal | € 1,200,000 Women’s Singles: Li Na (CHN) | € 1,200,000 Men’s Doubles: Max Mirnyi (BLR) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) | € 330,000 Women’s Doubles: Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) | € 330,000 Rest of [...]